The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-24


He was taken up the hill to the Signal sta
ton.
a japanese servant, boy and several
others standing in the vicinity were cut,
bruised and otherwise injured.
SCENE AT THE CLIFF HOUSE.
The Cliff House presented a scene of
wreck which beggars description. Every
window in the house was smashed, even
the frame and woodwork being blown INTO
matchwood. Doors were lifted off their
hinges and blown across the room. The
plastering was torn off in great sheets
/ The large balcony at the west side, from
which visitors looked at the seals, has
huge gap in the middle and it was danger
Gus to venture upon it.
The heavy front doors were twisted off
their hinges, the bar was total wreck, the
glasses Uttered the floor, the expensive pic
lures were scattered among the debris; IN
fact the whole building seemed to have
been wrecked as if by earthquake. The
! south piazza lost one portion of its balcony,
and wreckage, weighing many pou nds,
which had been swept clean over the roof
of the hotel, lies on this piazza.
The kitchen was fearfully demoralized.
1t was at the north end, which rec eived
the full force OF the shock. The dining
room, also, was totally wrecked. The
tables were overturned. The plastering
covered the floor In word, complete
ruin was apparent everywhere.
Had the explosion been a trife more Sc
we're the building would certainly have
fallen down the cliff into the sea.
Mr.. Wilkins estimates that his loss is not
! less than $50, 900, while he thought Sutro's
loss would be several thousand, as the con-
! servatory was smashed.
! At the time of the explosion John Hys-
| lop the marine reporter at Point LObos,
was viewing the wreck through his glasses,
| and the great conclusion shattered the in
sUrument and wrecked the furniture in the
office, but Mr.. Hyslop escaped without in
! jury.
Another tOwboat was sent from the city
at O'Clock this morning to assist the Nep
| tune in the work of rescuing all that re-
manned of the wreck. The Neptune was
about mile from the schooner when the
explosion occurred, and escaped injury.
She remained off the heads until the
! danger had apparently passed and then re-
paired at once to the wreck.
! TIE HOME OF THE PROPRIETOR OF THE CLIFF
HOUSE.
About 9:3O O'Clock Mrs. wilkins and
Mrs Fay saw from a window OF the cot
tage adjacent to the Cliff House vessel
coming in under full sail. They retired
about II O'Clock, and about an hour later
were thrown out of bed by terrific ex-
piosion AS one of the ladies remarked
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end The house was violently shaken
from roof to foundation, and subsequent
investigation proved that the entire struct-
ure had been moved fully five feet from
where it originally stood.
The room occupied by Mrs. Fay faced
the ocean, and the force of the eXpl osion
broke the bed in which she was sleeping
into many pieces, part OF its framework
being thrown across the room. The Win
dow-sash was blown into fragments, and no
plastering was left on the walls. In a
room entering into Mrs. Fay's apartment
a little child was asleep under window .
The broken glass fell in a shower over the
childs head, cutting its face and neck
badly, the pillows being bespattered with
blood when in response to the little one's
Mrs Pearson, mother OF Mrs. wilkins,
received a deep cash over the right eye
from broken glass which was thrown from
another window on to the bed.
The kitchen of the cottage faced the
point nearest to where the explosion oc-
Cured, and when entered by a"Chroni-
Gle" reporter was a complete wreck. The
stove was scattered on the floor in frag-
ments, the pans and kettles were broken
and twisted out of shape, the beams across
the roof were snapped in two and not an
article IN the room remained intact.
In the parlor the marble mantel was
torn away from the wall and dropped on
the floor. The whole back of the cottage
was blown in, leaving several apartm ents
open to the air Several pieces of the
wreck were found in the interior of the
house. which is situated about 500 yards
from the spot where the vessel went
ashore.
Adjoining the cottage was shed for the
temporary shelter OF horses, and under
this the barn was located. The entire
structure was Frustrated, and the broken
timbers were drenched with the shower of
salt water thrown up by the terrible force
of the explosion.
OUTLYING HOUSES.
The windows in Sutro's residence were
smashed to atoms, the conservatory com
pletely wrecked and other outbuildings adj
iacent were badly wrecked. The Ocean
House and the Pavilion on the beach also
suffered a bad wrecking. Windows were
torn out, doors bodily thrown from their
hinges and woodwork twisted and sprung
out of place. Stoves were thrown down
and glassware and crockery left a heap of
broken bits on the floor
THE PARALLELS CREW.
1t was reported atthe Merchants Elk
change soon after the schooner struck that
the Captain and crew had left her and
were headed for the city. Watches at the
various wharves were instructed to keep
sharp lookout for the boat and render all
possible assistance to the sailors The
failure of the GOAT to put in an appearance
at either Meigg's wharf or Harbor we"
has given rise to the gravest fears Tor the